Miner hats with the proper lighting will be part of their attire. So will reflective vests, along with multiple layers of clothing.

All necessary ingredients when you plan to be running by the light of the moon.

Led by FrontPage anchors Scott Kaplan and Amber Mesker, U-T TV is fielding a team in the 200-mile, 12-person Ragnar Relay. The relay was scheduled to begin at 5:30 this morning in Huntington Beach.

The team will jog its way through the night, the last runner expected to pull into the Embarcadero around 6 p.m. Saturday.

The U-T TV team is running to raise money for the Monarch School, a school in Little Italy for homeless children. Students at Monarch range from kindergarten through high school.

“These kids, they deal with some major issues,” said Kaplan. “They’re great kids, very normal kids, who find themselves in some very hard circumstances.”

The U-T TV team has raised about $10,000.

Relay, take II

The Monarch School is also fielding a relay team, comprised of high school students. Wanting to train for the race and get to know the students, Mesker logged mileage downtown with the high schoolers.

Said Mesker: “It was a good way to remind yourself why you’re doing the run in the first place.”

Seam head talk

This Just In sets over/under on Chase Headley home runs at 21. Headley blasted 31 homers in last year’s breakout season. His previous best: 12. … If forced to make a wager, TJI learns toward the under. … Gotta hope the wrist injury explains Cameron Maybin’s 3-for-33, 1 double, 1 RBI start. … TJI pitched a story about the probability of Maybin hitting an inside-the-park home run. Story’s been put on hold, for obvious reasons. Need Maybin to hit more than is current one inside-the-park double and two singles. …

Haven’t seen a movie lately. Next on the list: “42.” Everyone TJI hangs with raves about it.

This/that

His hand on the laptop mouse, ready to hit delete, cut and paste, USD slugger Kris Bryant is on the verge of rewriting the Toreros’ record book. With the Toreros opening a three-game series tonight at Santa Clara, Bryant sits on 17 home runs. The school record: 18, set by Dave Rolls in 1988. …

Bryant, expected to be selected in the top 10 of June’s draft, has 42 career home runs. The record: 46, set by Sean Baron, who, like Rolls, finished his senior season in 1988. …

Digging deep in the memory bank, longtime former USD baseball coach John Cunningham recalls back-to-back shots Baron and Rolls delivered one game at Santa Clara.

Rolls lofted a blast that cleared the light tower in left-center field. Up stepped Rolls, who yanked one over the light tower in right-center.

Said Cunningham: “They could swing the bat.” …

Julie Moss and Kathleen McCartney will be forever linked, Moss’ crawling finish at the 1982 Ironman Hawaii becoming the sport’s most iconic moment. McCartney passed Moss 15 yards from the finish line to win.